Music For Zen Meditation and Other Joys (Verve By Request)

Mostly improvised by clarinettist Scott, backed by Hozan Yamamoto and Shinichi Yuize — on the Japanese instruments shakuhachi and koto — this 1964 album is a precursor to later movements in ambient and new age music, from in and out of the jazz world. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Is Not All One
2. The Murmuring Sound Of The Mountain Stream
3. A Quivering Leaf Ask The Winds
4. After The Snow The Fragrance
5. To Drift Like Clouds

Side B

1. Za Zen (Meditation)
2. Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra (Sutra Chant)
3. Sanzen (Moment Of Truth)
4. Satori (Enlightenment)